"Time's Arrow" Line-by-Line

(Data wakes up on a cobbled street in front of the No 5 Fire House. A horse-drawn carriage goes by. Data walks off, trying to get information from passers-by.)
DATA: Excuse me. Pardon me. I am searching for two individuals with an ophidian. A snake.

[the two men laugh with one another and walk off. Data walks down the street a bit and finds part of a discarded newspaper under a wagon wheel. He recovers the paper -there's an article mentioning a cholera outbreak- and looks at the date: "Sunday August 13, 1893." Data walks down the street some more and comes upon a Beggar]

BEGGAR: Could you help out a '49-er? I fell down a shaft. I got blown up in a tunnel.

Beggar: Stockbrokers are cheap as hell. Don't even bother to ask. Your best handout is from a young fella with his lady. You give him a chance to show her he's generous. Steer clear of sailors. Most likely you'll get a fist across the jaw for your trouble.